Java > Array-2 >sum67 (CodingBat Solution)

Problem:

Return the sum of the numbers in the array, except ignore sections of numbers starting with a 6 and extending to the next 7 (every 6 will be followed by at least one 7). Return 0 for no numbers.

sum67({1, 2, 2}) → 5
sum67({1, 2, 2, 6, 99, 99, 7}) → 5
sum67({1, 1, 6, 7, 2}) → 4


Solution:

public int sum67(int[] nums) {
int sum = 0;
int annul7=0;
  for (int i =0 ; i <nums.length;i++)
  {
  if(nums[i] == 6)
  {
  for( int j = i; nums[j] != 7;j++)
  {
  nums[j] = 0;
  annul7 = j;
  }
   nums[annul7+1] =0;
  }
  else
    sum += nums[i];
    }
    return sum;
}


23 comments :

  1. Or you could activate a flag when you hit a 6 and deactivate when you hit a 7 and the flag is on.

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    1. public int sum67(int[] nums) {
      int sum=0;
      boolean found=false;
      for(int i=0;i<nums.length;i++){
      if(nums[i]==6 && found==false){
      found=true;
      for(int j=i;j<nums.length;j++){
      if(nums[j]==7 && found==true){
      found=false;
      i=j;
      break;
      }
      }
      continue;
      }
      sum+=nums[i];
      }
      return sum;
      }

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    2. public int sum67(int[] nums) {
      int sum=0;
      for(int i=0;i<nums.length;i++){

      if(nums[i]==6)
      while(nums[i]!=7){
      ++i;

      }
      else
      sum+=nums[i];
      }
      return sum;
      }

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  2. Simpler:

    public int sum67(int[] nums) {
    int sum = 0;
    boolean found6 = false;
    for (int i=0;i<nums.length;i++) {
    if (nums[i] != 6 && found6 == false) {
    sum = sum + nums[i];
    }
    if (nums[i] == 6) {
    found6 = true; }
    else if (nums[i] == 7) {
    found6 = false;
    }
    }
    return sum;
    }

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  3. Simpler :)

    static int sum67(int[] nums){
    int sum = 0;
    for(int i=0; i<nums.length; i++){
    if(nums[i]!=6){
    sum+=nums[i];
    } else {
    while (nums[i]!= 7) {
    i++;
    }
    }
    }
    return sum;
    }

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    1. such a simple problem and the simplicity of your response is genius

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  4. public int sum67(int[] nums) {
    int result = 0;
    boolean noSum = false;
    for (int i = 0; i<nums.length;i++){
    if (nums[i]==6) noSum=true;
    if (!noSum) result+=nums[i];
    if(nums[i]==7) noSum=false;
    }
    return result;
    }

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  5. public int sum67(int[] nums)
    {
    int n = nums.length;
    int sum = 0;

    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
    if (nums[i] == 6)
    {
    while (nums[i] != 7)
    i++;
    }
    else
    sum += nums[i];
    }
    return sum;
    }

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  6. hey guys, can you tell me what is wrong with my solution ? When i run the test it says they are ok, but OTHER TESTS are failed. And it won't show wich ones.
    sum67([1, 2, 2]) → 5 5 OK
    sum67([1, 2, 2, 6, 99, 99, 7]) → 5 5 OK
    sum67([1, 1, 6, 7, 2]) → 4 4 OK
    sum67([1, 6, 2, 2, 7, 1, 6, 99, 99, 7]) → 2 2 OK
    sum67([1, 6, 2, 6, 2, 7, 1, 6, 99, 99, 7]) → 2 2 OK
    sum67([2, 7, 6, 2, 6, 7, 2, 7]) → 18 18 OK
    sum67([2, 7, 6, 2, 6, 2, 7]) → 9 9 OK
    sum67([1, 6, 7, 7]) → 8 8 OK
    sum67([6, 7, 1, 6, 7, 7]) → 8 8 OK
    sum67([6, 8, 1, 6, 7]) → 0 0 OK
    sum67([]) → 0 0 OK
    sum67([6, 7, 11]) → 11 11 OK
    sum67([11, 6, 7, 11]) → 22 22 OK
    sum67([2, 2, 6, 7, 7]) → 11 11 OK
    other tests X


    public int sum67(int[] nums) {

    int sum = 0;
    for(int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++){
    if(nums[i] == 6){
    while(i < nums.length && nums[i] != 7) i++;
    i++;
    }

    if(i < nums.length) sum += nums[i];
    }

    return sum;
    }

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    1. i'm very curious on what combination of numbers this logic fails.

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  7. public int sum67(int[] nums) {
    int sum=0;
    int i=0;

    while(i<nums.length){

    if(nums[i]!=6)
    sum+=nums[i];

    if(nums[i]==6){
    for(i=i;nums[i]!=7;i++){
    nums[i]=0;
    }
    }
    i++;
    } return sum;
    }

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  8. public int sum67(int[] nums) {

    int sum = 0;

    for(int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++){
    if(nums[i] == 6)
    if(nums[i+1] != 7) nums[i+1] = nums[i];
    else nums[i+1] = 0;
    }
    for(int j = 0; j < nums.length; j++){
    if(nums[j] == 6) nums[j] = 0;
    }
    for(int e: nums) sum += e;

    return sum;
    }

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  9. public int sum67(int[] nums) {

    int sum = 0;

    for(int i = 0 ; i < nums.length ; i++){

    if(nums[i] == 6){
    while(nums[i] != 7){
    i++;
    }

    }else sum += nums[i];
    }

    return sum;
    }

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  10. public int sum67(int[] nums) {
    // int sum=0;
    // for(int i=0;i<nums.length;i++){

    // if(nums[i]==6){
    // while(nums[i]!=7){
    // i++;
    // }

    // if(i!=nums.length-1)
    // i++;
    // else
    // continue;
    // }

    // sum+=nums[i];



    // }

    // return sum;
    // }



    can anyone plz tell me why it failed?

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  11. def sum67(nums):
    #Python Solution
    total = 0
    counter = 0
    while counter < len(nums):
    if nums[counter] != 6:
    total += nums[counter]
    else:
    while nums[counter] != 7:
    counter += 1
    counter += 1
    return total

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  12. public int sum67(int[] nums) {
    int j;
    int sum=0;
    for(int i=0;i<nums.length;i++)
    {
    if(nums[i]==6)
    {

    while(nums[i]!=7)
    {
    i++;
    continue;
    }
    if(nums[i]==7)
    {
    continue;
    }
    }
    sum=sum+nums[i];
    }
    return sum;
    }

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  13. public int sum67(int[] nums) {
    int count=0;
    for(int i=0; i<nums.length; i++){

    if(nums[i] != 6) count += nums[i];

    else
    while(nums[++i] != 7){}

    }
    return count;
    }

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  14. public int sum67(int[] nums) {
    int sum =0;
    for(int i =0; i< nums.length; i++){
    if(nums[i] == 6 ){
    for(int j = i; i<nums.length; j++,i++){
    if(nums[j] == 7) break;
    }
    continue;
    }
    sum+=nums[i];
    }
    return sum;
    }

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  15. public int sum67(int[] nums)
    {
    int value = 0;

    for(int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++)
    {
    if(nums[i] == 6)
    {
    while(nums[i] != 7)
    {
    i++;
    }
    }
    else value += nums[i];
    }

    return value;
    }

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  16. public int sum67(int[] nums) {
    int sum = 0;
    boolean next7 = false;

    for(int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++){
    if(nums[i] != 6 && next7 == false){
    sum += nums[i];
    }
    else if(nums[i] == 6) next7 = true;
    else if(nums[i] == 7) next7 = false;
    }

    return sum;
    }

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  17. public int sum67(int[] nums) {
    int sum = 0;
    boolean flag6 = false;
    for(int i=0;i<nums.length;i++)
    {
    if(nums[i] == 6)
    {
    flag6 = true;
    continue;
    }
    if(flag6)
    {
    if(nums[i] == 7)
    {
    flag6 = false;
    continue;
    }
    }
    else
    {
    sum += nums[i];
    }
    }
    return sum;
    }

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  18. public int sum67(int[] nums) {
    int sum =0;
    boolean is67 = false;
    boolean f = false;
    for(int i=0;i<nums.length;i++){
    if(nums[i]==6){ is67 = true; f = true;}
    else if(nums[i]==7 && f){ is67 = false; f=false;}
    else if(!is67){
    sum+=nums[i];
    }
    }
    return sum;
    }

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